Alright, I'm back after a hiatus part of last year.
8/28/2022 SC State Edition:
It's here. The season has started week 0...which they just need to call week 1...
You can smell the bermuda grass, grill cleaner and Cinnamon brooms creeping out at home depot.
The Halloween stores have just opened...
Ok, moving on...
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SC State Fun-Facts:
SC State is the only public, historically black land-grant institution in South Carolina.
During the height of the Civil Rights Movement, many students participated in marches and rallies aimed at ending segregation. The struggle came to a climax on the night on February 8, 1968, when three students were killed and 27 others were wounded by state policemen at the height of a protest that opposed the segregation of a nearby bowling alley. The tragedy, known as the Orangeburg massacre, is commemorated by a memorial plaza near the front of the campus.
In an attempt to resurrect the shootings of the "Orangeburg Massacre", filmmaker Dan Klores made a short film entitled, "Black Magic" that debuted on ESPN March 16, 2008. Also set to broadcast on PBS in fall 2008, is the documentary film "Orangeburg", by Bestor Cram and Judy Richardson, both activists from the 1960s. Both films set out to shine light upon an incident that lacked media coverage on the night it occurred and days following. Since it commenced at night, no one expected the shootings and therefore limited pictures or television images were available to the general public. The little attention that this tragedy received was not all accurate either. It was originally perceived that this confrontation was fueled by "black power advocates" and that gunfire was exchanged between the law enforcement officials and the protesters. Later it was discovered that the victims were in fact all unarmed. The recent media awareness and film interest regarding this event may influence the passing of a bill that was introduced in 2007 to reopen the investigation into Orangeburg.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_State_University
UCF has beaten SC State before 38-0, twice...in 3 games since 2008.
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Players to watch for SC state:
Zion Keith - DB, 6'1", 190. was a 3 star prospect recruited by Wake Forest.
Alex James - RB, 5' 11", 200. Transfer from Coastal Carolina.
Corey Fields - QB, Senior quarterback, actually very shifty, and can throw pretty well.
***Onto the REAL Beef*** (Or marinaded jerk chicken and grilled chili-oil-marinaded asparagus)
Weather forecast at 7PM Eastern kickoff:
Sunset: 8:52pm
Temp: 82F
Chance of rain: 60%
There COULD be chances of lightning delays...like last year. Because Florida.
PLAN ACCORDINGLY!!!
BRING YOUR DAMN PONCHO, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO MELT.
I ran 12 CPU simulations for a good math spread. Half with Rain, half without to simulate approximate rain chance. SC State was the HBCU championship winner. Also has a few FBS transfers. They will score at least once, early. We will start seeing more of the parity caused by the transfer portal this year.
SC State seems to score more during rain games in the sim. Let's hope for no rain. I also believe UCF should not defer the kickoff. I do expect UCF Offense to start somewhat slow, then will start scoring at-will. Including Corey Fields Jr, UCF will face at least 5 Dual-threat QBs in a row first 5 games.
Average of 12 simulation results:
UCF 58
SC State 28
Sim Avg Spread:
UCF -30 (Vegas: n/a 1:22PM 8/28)
"Heart" Prediction:
UCF 45
SC State 17
"heart" spread:
CENTRAL FLORIDA: -28 (Vegas be damned as they have NO line for this game)
8/28/2022 SC State Edition:
It's here. The season has started week 0...which they just need to call week 1...
You can smell the bermuda grass, grill cleaner and Cinnamon brooms creeping out at home depot.
The Halloween stores have just opened...
Ok, moving on...
----
SC State Fun-Facts:
SC State is the only public, historically black land-grant institution in South Carolina.
During the height of the Civil Rights Movement, many students participated in marches and rallies aimed at ending segregation. The struggle came to a climax on the night on February 8, 1968, when three students were killed and 27 others were wounded by state policemen at the height of a protest that opposed the segregation of a nearby bowling alley. The tragedy, known as the Orangeburg massacre, is commemorated by a memorial plaza near the front of the campus.
In an attempt to resurrect the shootings of the "Orangeburg Massacre", filmmaker Dan Klores made a short film entitled, "Black Magic" that debuted on ESPN March 16, 2008. Also set to broadcast on PBS in fall 2008, is the documentary film "Orangeburg", by Bestor Cram and Judy Richardson, both activists from the 1960s. Both films set out to shine light upon an incident that lacked media coverage on the night it occurred and days following. Since it commenced at night, no one expected the shootings and therefore limited pictures or television images were available to the general public. The little attention that this tragedy received was not all accurate either. It was originally perceived that this confrontation was fueled by "black power advocates" and that gunfire was exchanged between the law enforcement officials and the protesters. Later it was discovered that the victims were in fact all unarmed. The recent media awareness and film interest regarding this event may influence the passing of a bill that was introduced in 2007 to reopen the investigation into Orangeburg.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_State_University
UCF has beaten SC State before 38-0, twice...in 3 games since 2008.
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Players to watch for SC state:
Zion Keith - DB, 6'1", 190. was a 3 star prospect recruited by Wake Forest.
Alex James - RB, 5' 11", 200. Transfer from Coastal Carolina.
Corey Fields - QB, Senior quarterback, actually very shifty, and can throw pretty well.
***Onto the REAL Beef*** (Or marinaded jerk chicken and grilled chili-oil-marinaded asparagus)
Weather forecast at 7PM Eastern kickoff:
Sunset: 8:52pm
Temp: 82F
Chance of rain: 60%
There COULD be chances of lightning delays...like last year. Because Florida.
PLAN ACCORDINGLY!!!
BRING YOUR DAMN PONCHO, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO MELT.
I ran 12 CPU simulations for a good math spread. Half with Rain, half without to simulate approximate rain chance. SC State was the HBCU championship winner. Also has a few FBS transfers. They will score at least once, early. We will start seeing more of the parity caused by the transfer portal this year.
SC State seems to score more during rain games in the sim. Let's hope for no rain. I also believe UCF should not defer the kickoff. I do expect UCF Offense to start somewhat slow, then will start scoring at-will. Including Corey Fields Jr, UCF will face at least 5 Dual-threat QBs in a row first 5 games.
Average of 12 simulation results:
UCF 58
SC State 28
Sim Avg Spread:
UCF -30 (Vegas: n/a 1:22PM 8/28)
"Heart" Prediction:
UCF 45
SC State 17
"heart" spread:
CENTRAL FLORIDA: -28 (Vegas be damned as they have NO line for this game)
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